Want "My Followers" publicized?

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  flynnsblogs · Member · May 30, 2012 at 8:09 pm

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  Hello:

  I had a thought/idea a few moments ago: Could “My Followers” be made “public”?

  Why? Another thought/idea just came up: It would/might help refer readers of my WordPress.com weblog to view/visit those WordPress.com Users who follow my weblog.

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  So far I could only view “My Followers” from the “Site Stats >> My Followers” (please refer to “wordpress.com/my-stats/?blog=[my WordPress.com User ID here, I think]&blog_subscribers” webpage to my Dashboard.

  Thanks.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · May 30, 2012 at 8:13 pm

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  I do not wish my Followers to be made public.

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  flynnsblogs · Member · May 30, 2012 at 8:19 pm

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  “I do not wish my Followers to be made public.”

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  Okay! I noticed in other non-WordPress.com weblog sites that “Members” following a weblog are made “public” as a removable “widget/gadget”, of course.

  I “see” nothing wrong with sharing “Followers” from WordPress.com. That’s what “weblogs” are meant — for sharing, almost “EVERYTHING”.

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  timethief · Member · May 30, 2012 at 8:24 pm

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  This is an Ideas thread. You stated your idea and I responded to it. Carry on :)

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  flynnsblogs · Member · May 31, 2012 at 6:56 pm

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  @timethief Thanks for replying.

  Sure! I’ll “carry on” with the “high hopes” that team AutoMATTic/WordPress would possibly implement some sort of widget/gadget that would allow us registered WordPress.com users the option to publicize our followers and also for the purpose of increasing traffic to their sites.

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  timethief · Member · May 31, 2012 at 6:57 pm

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  Just to be clear on this.
  1. We cannot control who subscribers to our public blogs and follows them.
  2. We cannot block or delete any follower of a public blog.
  3. There are “like” button spammers out there who become our followers and we cannot delete their spammy likes either.

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  flynnsblogs · Member · May 31, 2012 at 7:03 pm

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  @timethief. Good points. And once again, thanks.

  This may be a similar issue (for better control over spammers/subscribers/followers) from my other forum topic at least with regards to the “like” button.

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  timethief · Member · May 31, 2012 at 7:18 pm

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  4. We are not aware of how many people choose to follow our public blogs by subscribing to our multiple built-in RSS Feeds in feedreaders without visiting the blog.
  5. Our followers stats are inflated if we use Publicize as all our Facebook and/or Twitter followers are included in the numbers.